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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by ] 

CLAXTON, REMSEN & HAFFELFINGER, 
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at "Washington. 



COLLINS, PRINTER. 



PUBLISHERS' NOTICE. 

The need of some authority by wlilcli 
disputed points in the Game of Croquet 
shall be authoritatively decided, thus ob- 
viating the annoyance due to arguments 
and delays so often indulged in by players, 
has long been felt. Accordingly, the ac- 
companying Rules and Regulations (adopt- 
ed by the Philadelphia Croquet Club, 
April, 1813), are presented by the Publish- 
ers as a standard Gruide for conducting this 
popular and invigorating game. 



DEFINITION OF TERMS. 

RicochIit. — Roqueting two or more balls 
in one stroke. 

Croquet and Flinch. — A method of fol- 
lowing a Roquet, and played as follows: 
The striking ball is taken up and placed 
in contact with the struck ball, the 
player holding the former firmly with 
his foot, and striking, drives or cro- 
quets the latter ball wherever he may 
desire, care being taken to tightly hold 
the playing ball in its placed position ; 
and a failure to thus hold the ball con- 
stitutes a Flinch. 
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Roquet. — A struck ball coming in contact 
with another ball. 

Roquet Croquet. — The same as a Croquet, 
with the exception that the playing 
ball is not held in position, but struck 
loosely and free to move in accordance 
with the stroke. 

Point in the Game. — A Roquet (subject to 
the Rules) running an arch or striking 
the turning-post. 

Booby. — A failure to make the First Arch. 

A Push. — Permitting the mallet to remain 
in contact with the ball after the instant 
of contact. 

Rover. — A ball that has run all the Arches. 

Position. — A ball in front of the proper 
arch with a possibility of running it in 
a stroke. 



Starting-Post. — The post from which the 
pla^'er commences and at which he 
finishes the game. 

Turning-Post. — The post opposite to the 
starting-post. 



RULES 



PHILADELPHIA CROQUET CLUB. 



ARTICLE I. 
Section 1. 

The distance between the stakes 
shall be twenty paces (60 ft.) ; from 
the starting-post to the first arch 
two paces (6 ft.) ; from the first to 
second arch two paces (6 ft.) ; from 
the second arch to the centre of 
the basket six paces (18 ft.) ; and 
from the basket to the turning- 



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post the reverse of the above plan. 
The four side arches shall be 
placed on a line of the second arch 
from each post, to the right and 
left at a distance of four paces (12 
ft.) from the centre of said second 
arch. 

Section 2. 
> The extreme dimensions of the 
field shall be twenty-four paces (72 
ft.) in length and twelve paces (36 
ft.) in width; the stakes and arches 
so placed as to permit the formation 
of a limit of two paces (6 ft.) around 
the entire field, and any ball resting 
beyond must be immediately re- 
placed on the limit line at the point 
at which it crossed. 



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ARTICLE II. 

In commencing, Four Balls shall 
constitute a game, and the ball 
must be placed on a line drawn 
from the centre of the First Arch 
to starting-post at a distance of 
one pace (3 ft.) from each. 

ARTICLE III. 

The ball must be struck with the 
face of the mallet, and not pushed: 
any player deviating from this re- 
quirement will forfeit his turn of 
play, and is compelled to leave the 
ball or balls in the position to which 
they are driven; and any informa- 
tion regarding the position of balls 



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relative to the game or to each 
other must always be given wlien 
asked for. 

ARTICLE IV. 

A player failing to make his first 
arch becomes a Booby, and his ball 
must in his next turn be played 
from the position it occupies, and 
cannot be used on any other ball, 
or by any other player, while it re- 
mains a booby. 

ARTICLE V. 

"Whenever a player strikes, and 
the ball moves, it must be consi- 
dered a Shot. 



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ARTICLE VI. 

Playing out of one's turn will 
cause the offender to forfeit his 
next play, and the ball or balls 
must be replaced. 

ARTICLE VII. 

Playing the Wroiig Ball in turn 
will cause the offender to forfeit his 
present play, and the ball or balls 
must be replaced. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

The Arches must be run in their 
regular order (see Diagram) : leav- 
ing the second, the Third Arch 
must be run in the same direction 
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as those preceding it, on to the 
turning-post and back, in all cases 
playing to the Right Hand, and 
with the exception of the basket 
only in the one direction. 

ARTICLE IX. 

The Basket must be run on an 
angle through the centre of both 
arches, and only by playing to the 
right hand. 

ARTICLE X. 
A player continues in the game 
so long as he can make a Point. 

ARTICLE XI. 
A ball is not counted through an 



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arch if it can be touched by the 
handle of the mallet across the arch 
from the side it entered ; and in the 
case of the basket this test will be 
applied to the inside of the wires 
through which the ball is en route, 

ARTICLE XII. 

More than one arch in one shot 
shall not entitle the player to any 
additional advantage. 

ARTICLE XIII. 

Any ball lodging or placed inside 
of an arch from the wrong direction 
must be played for position. 



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ARTICLE XIV. 
A ball after running all the arches 
becomes a Kover, and is alive on 
all the balls in each succeeding 
turn, but it is governed by all other 
laws of the game. Touching the 
stake, either by accident or design, 
in any case counts a roving ball 
out of the game. 

ARTICLE XV. 
N^o player can use the same ball 
twice in one tour excepting after 
having advanced a point in the 
game. 

ARTICLE XVI. 
"When a ball is roqueted, the 
player must play against and Move 



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the Ball he has struck, and in pro- 
ceeding he obtains by the Roquet 
the privilege of two shots. A fail- 
ure to move the ball he is playing 
against forfeits his further play in 
that turn. 

ARTICLE XVn. 

A Roquet and another point in 
the game made in the same shot, 
entitles the player to the privilege 
of declining the roquet and pro- 
ceeding to his next position. 

ARTICLE XVIII. 

A player making a Ricochet is 
compelled to use the balls in the 

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order they are struck, and cannot 
advance in the game until this re- 
quirement is complied with. 

ARTICLE XIX. 

If a player flinches in the exe- 
cution of a Croquet, he forfeits fur- 
ther play in that turn, and the balls 
are to remain in and be played 
from the position to which they 
are driven. 

ARTICLE XX. 

JSTo player will be allowed to use 
his mallet with Both Hands, nor be 
permitted to stand behind his ball 
in striking. 



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ARTICLE XXI. 
Both the Live and Dead ball 
games shall be governed by the 
same rules, with the one exception, 
that in the latter no player can use 
the same ball twice until after he 
has made a point in the game, while 
in the former any or all balls may 
be used once at each succeeding 
turn of the player. 



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PHILADELPHIA: 

CLAXTON, REMSEN & HAFFELFINGER, 

624, 626. and 628 Market Street. 

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